Contract Killer:You go by many names, but you are a deadly contract killer. You will face a world full of bounty hunters, mobsters, and criminals as you play through the 17 story missions. Carefully choose from the 20 different weapons, as taking out your target must be done with finesse. Just as you think you have pulled off your mission with success, you may walk right into an ambush. The life of a killer is hard; do you have what it takes?

Big Time Gangsta:Time to work your way up through the criminal ranks until you one day rule the city of Mission Hill. To do this you will need to build up your gang with the toughest bunch of Street Soldiers available. Equip your minions with an arsenal of deadly weapons and take to the streets to build up your empire, one rival gang at a time. It is going to take a lot of cold cash and hard fought battles to rule this city.

Agent Origin:Stick figures just got a bit more badass with their martial arts skills. Agent Origin tasks you with fighting criminals by beating them down with your mystical powers of Soobakdo. It is up to you to save the city from the evil Dotori Gang. Oh yeah, and you sport a sexy red cape while crushing the hopes and dreams of your enemy.

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2011-03-29 :: Category: Games

SmallRPG:If you only have a few minutes to crawl through a dungeon, then SmallRPG is for you. You do battle throughout a tower in hopes to defeat the evil king awaiting your arrival. Along the way you will battle through 50 kinds of monsters in hopes of acquiring something magical from the 70 different pieces of equipment and items. As time passes your HP and MP will recover, thus allowing you to destroy even more enemies. No grinding here!

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Released: 2011-03-27 :: Category: Games

Mike Tyson – Main Event:Sadly, this is not the Mike Tyson game we have all come too know and love from the Nintendo days. However, this is a fun and quirky boxing game. You will earn RockCash after every win, and then use it to hone you boxing skills to become the true boxing legend you were meant to be. It is going to take a lot of thumb work to take out the champ!

Glu Mobile, well-known for their World Series of Poker games and games like the freemium Gun Bros., have released their newest freemium game, Contract Killer, to the App Store. This first person shooter has you accepting contracts to take out a variety of targets. You play as a stationary sniper, looking and zooming around the levels to find and take out your targets before they escape or kill you. Successfully completing a mission nets you money and experience to improve your weapons and stats, so you can steady your weapon longer, for example. To accept contracts, you have to use Energy, which can be conveniently – for Glu’s bottom line, at least – restored by purchasing food items to replenish energy, which you have to spend Credits on. How do you get Credits? Through in-app purchases, of course.

The game features 17 Story mode missions, as well as an unlimited number of Random Missions across 5 locales for theoretically endless replay value as you level up your character and buy new weapons and ammo to use on missions. Obviously, there’s in-game currency that is used to help generate revenue, and similar to Gun Bros., there are 2 different forms of currency you can purchase to help you in your assassination attempts. You can buy in-game money ranging from $1.99 for $12,000 of in-game money to $49.99 for $350,000 of in-game money. You can also buy credits, ranging from $1.99 for 30 Credits, to $49.99 for 950 Credits. This is a similar model to how Gun Bros. worked, and Glu is likely hoping for similar success with this model for Contract Killer. Contract Killer also comes with Game Center support for leaderboards and achievements, and is a universal app for the iPad as well.

Glu have released plenty of traditional paid apps on the App Store, but appear to be embracing the freemium model between this, Gun Bros., Deer Hunter Challenge, and World Series of Poker Hold’em Legend. It will be interesting to see if they continue to embrace the traditional paid model for their other future releases, or if they follow the ngmoco:) model of just releasing freemium apps, or if they do something similar to Gameloft’s freemium model, by continuing the traditional paid app model, but offering free downloads, and offering to unlock the full app via in-app purchase. Check out a trailer and screens of the game below, available now.

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